A heartwarming photo posted online shows a newborn baby – just 2 days old – meeting her 92-year-old great-grandmother for the first time.

The photo was shared by Scott Martin on Reddit and Imgur and was viewed over 1.7 million times. In an interview posted online by Buzzfeed, Martin said watching the two meet was beautiful and that the moment was special for their family.

"They just stared at each other for a while, it was like they knew each other," he told Buzzfeed.